The more we can build international links among young people, particularly
in the field of science which is itself entirely international in its
impact, the better it will be for the future of the human race and the
world we inhabit.
Rt Hon the Lord Jenkin of Roding, Workshop Patron, welcoming the students
to the Japan 2001 Workshop

Most of all, I welcome the young people from our two countries whose
energy and enthusiasm will pioneer such an exciting and important new
venture.
Lord Sainsbury of Turville, Minister for Science and Innovation

I learned a lot about different fields of science this afternoon.
But what has struck me deeply is how much you all have learned, not
just about subjects that you have been working on, but also about each
other's cultures, each other's life styles, and even language. Professor
Marie Conte-Helm, Director-General, Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation

· Post-16 students from schools across Britain and Japan came
together in Bristol to work for a week in small UK-Japan teams on a
wide range of genuine open-ended science-related explorations that challenged
their ingenuity and creativity.

· The student teams, led by top scientists, engineers, and social
scientists, worked in the fields of Aeronautics, Archaeology, Chemistry,
Earthquake Engineering, Environment, Ethics in Medicine, Space Science,
Science through Theatre, Vulcanology and Wildlife Conservation. At the
end of the week each Team made a public presentation of its achievements.

· In the process the students not only put their school knowledge
to use and discovered something of the "scientist in themselves."
Also, by living and working together, they came to share and value each
other's ways of thinking and working.

This is the first time any such enterprise bringing young people from
Britain and Japan together in a science context has been attempted.

The Workshop was rapidly and heavily over-subscribed by UK students
with the minimum of advertising and was also over-subscribed in Japan.
In both countries, two-thirds of the applications came from young women.
The membership of the Teams was as follows:

The Workshop was devised and organized by Clifton Scientific Trust and
hosted at the University of Bristol. It was supported financially by
the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation, the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation,
and Japan 2001. Recruitment of British students was undertaken following
widening participation criteria in association with the University of
Bristol Widening Participation Office. The recruitment of Japanese students
was undertaken and funded by the Chemical Society of Japan; Council
of Chemistry Education in association with the Society of Biological
Sciences Education of Japan, the Physics Education Society of Japan,
and the Japan Society of Earth Sciences Education.

The Workshop was undertaken in partnership with:
· The University of Bristol Widening Participation Office
· The University of Bristol Students' Union and Japanese Society
· Airbus UK
· Bristol Zoo Gardens
· Bristol City Museum
· Connexions, West of England
· The Chemical Society of Japan-The Council of Chemistry Education
· The Society of Biological Sciences Education of Japan
· Physics Education Society of Japan
· Japan Society of Earth Science Education
· The Environment Agency
· National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn
Learning Technologies Project, Cleveland, Ohio, US
· The Y Touring Theatre Company
· The University of the West of England
· Colleagues from Holy Cross School, New Malden & The Rikkyo
School, Horsham

The Workshop was endorsed by Dr. Peter Briggs, Chief Executive, British
Association for the Advancement of Science; Mr. Stephen Cox, Executive
Secretary, Royal Society; and Mr. Kunio Sato, Director, Japan Society
for the Promotion of Science, London Liaison Office.